The Sun. — London, England, 1826-10-31 00:00:00

'UNIVERSITItS. LONDON. A Meeting of the Shareholders and 'F'roprietoo of the London University was held yesterday at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, for the purpose of receiving the report of the Council appointed to forward the Otzjeas for which the University is intended to be fentided. There were present from 130 to 150 gentlemen, among whom were observed Mr. Brougham, 14f.r. Hume, Colonel Lei cester Stanhope, Colonel Jones, J. L. Goldschmitit, Esq. and many other warm supporters of the institution. The Right Hon. Lord AUCKLAND was called to the chair. The CRAIRMAN stated, that the objeet of calling the proprietors together was that of affording a full and com plete intercouv e between the council and shareholders. The minutes of the last meeting having been read, on which occasion the Duke of Norfolk acted as Chairman, but was succeeded by Lord Auckland, the noble Duke being indisposed, the secretary to the council, Dr. Cox, read,the report, of which the following is a cepy FIRST RETORT OF THE COUNCIL TO THE GENERAL DIEETIN% Or PROPRIETOR'S, HELD 'UN TPIE SOTIr or OCT., 1826. The *Council constituted by the deed of settlement, bearing date • the Ilth day o 1: February last, have proceeded incessar!„ ) , in pro.. meting the great . oldest intrusted to their care, Aw l :nave convened the first ?eneral uneeting of the proprietary r.:cordingto the pro '6ll'l that tleeau for the Purimse of submitting to them the present mans of the fund* of the institution, the proceedings i hitherto taken by the Council], and the further measures they ] would, recommend to the pros‘rietors for their sanction with a view to the gradual completion iuf the proposed establishment. To this Report is stepined, by way of appendix, the half-yearly balamicc-sheet Of the, several sums received and paid on account of the institution sip to the 11th of August last, as checked and ved tied sby,the ;auditors. • Sulementiently fru such account, further subscriptions have been receive 1, whers;oy the number of shares on which the deposit has been Pahl b,,. been increased to 1,157, in addition towhichup wards of 113 shares have been subscribed by indiyiduals of the Veatf.et respectability, on which, owing 'to various causes, the Pa'sment of the deposit has been delayed, but may be considered Iserfectly secure. The total amount of shares actually subscrffted may be thus stated es amountisos to 1,300. The Council were desirous of obtaining ferthei. Subscriptions to the extent of 1,500, constituting the otos of 150,000/, the timeliest amount of capital prescribed 14 the deed; hut obstacles preseuted themselves, arising net less from actual pectinifity dit• r 4 culties which many labourral under, who would Otherwise bevel zealously *imported the cause, thass from the general previdthia of that distress, which the failure of so muny.speculdtiVe Undertak ing had induced. In these circumstances % the eegress of the In etitution must have t'seen suspended until the restoration of confi dence, thus for a 'atne disturbed, had the Council not been encou raged and en:pported by the voluntary aid of several individuals, who took .upon themselves to subscribe the deficient 200 shares, lens Sy t .;ich they consented to become responsible in all respect, sn!oject only to the sanction of the proprietors to a .sleeleration that the capital of the Institution shall be eonsMtived as limited to the' sum of 150,000/:, until finch 200 Oupplemental shares shall be replaced by subseeibers] to "that amount. The engage ment entered into by these proprietors constitutes No. 2, in the Appendix. The capital required baSiiSg been thus provided for, exclusive of 3554 emmtributed hy‘tray of donation, the Council was enabled to ;wormed M the exercise of the powers confided to them; hilt the may material seta taken by them has been a selection film *Wong the several plans submit ted to them of that deuiigeed shy Mc. Wil kins, a sekslion in which their own judgisteint toincided with that of utmost every proprietor who inspected the drawings; and One Omuta are enabled to state, that Are work in its execution will hevu the benefit of Mr. Gandy's superintendence, in conjunction with Mr. Wilting. The with of the Coma will appear to have been ruttier to se lect a resat design misted to the wants, the weelth, and the meg vitae ~of the population for whom the institution is intended, Oran one commensurate with its present means; hut as they were 'determined to take no step in this important part of their trust, witkosit first ascertaining .end limiting the utmost extent of ex parse to which any oontract or engagement might lead them, they advertised firs tenders, by public competition, for the execution of the wallas The lowest onbr wag made by Messre. Lee, who engaged to oymplete the buildings for the sum of 101,0001. ex citutive of moue ontaments, to the istnount of Shoot 8,0001. Tins sum exceeds by 20,0001. 'tire tailtimite made by Mr, who, in explanation, luta 4rded that his speeifitaktion in the quality or amount. of the material*, goes far beyond the usual rourse of building, his main object having been to give durability sus beauty to a building which would, And but few in this coun try to vie with it. In the present state of the subectiption, and with the design of the building so fur matured, the Council consider themselves fully justiftesl in assn wing, that utter making a snore than adequate al, brassece for any preheble defalcation, a clear sum of 100,0001. stsill IQ remain available for the immediate objects of the Institu tient.; stub after toilette consideration of the circumstances, they ;eel assured, that with this sum at their disposal, a portion of the building may be forthwith erected, adequate to the ACCOMplOtin, suf the medical school, and of all the classes compsaing the, entre ',inlaid parts of a guest education, leaving a sufficient sur plus for the purchase of alibrary and museum, and as such as may be absolutely requisite fur salaries to professors. A portion of the building comprising the library, two Muaeums, rim great theatres - of intstroction ) , and about 211 other rooms, and affimrding ample accommodation for the objects immediately proposed, will re quire en outlay, including fittings, of about 50,0001. to which, adding 10,0001. for the library and museum, and a like sum to meet contingencies, salaries, and other incidental expences, the whole would amount to 701000/. which, with the 30, 0001 . al ready paid fur the land, istatOup the stun of 100,0001. To that extent, for the misent, the Council would bouud their views, not doubting for a moment that, a 9 the building proceeds, and the merits of the undertaking are gradually developed, it will nbtaiu such additional encouragement and support by an iucrease of subseriptious to the extent of 300,000/., the maximum of capital enutemplated by the deed of eettlement, as will at no dis tant day, amply provide for the completion of the buildings, Mid for the full establishment of the institution on as liberal a scale as its most sanguine Mende can desire. The Council therefore propose, that the contract for the build ing be entered into such sub-divisions of it, as shall from time to time be remuired, and be so frained, as to admit of the completing or abandoning-any such subdiiisions upon due notice of the will of the Outwit strictly adhering, as they pledge themselves to do, to the provisions of the deed of settlement, and to the fired KM *Auk they have established, on no account, and in no ammo stances, to incur a liability beyond the amount of the resources under their controul. In the mean time, and as the only measure which consists with the season, they are desirous of comermenciog operations by causing the fomindations to be excavated, which will be done under a distinct contract, and at a cost nut exceeding 1,000/. The Council having given in their prospectus a general view . of the coils proposed to be attained, are unable at this early period to enter into any further detail; all mere specific regulations and arrangement* moat form the subject of future consideration, as - exigencies arise and experience is obtained.' All they can now do is, to submit to the proprietors the. expediency of sanctioning the Council in immedimely emanoeneing the excavation of the ground, and Prnefadinkt to the gimbal erection of the buildings in portions under separate contracts, as already suggested; fur the accomplish- Mint of which further instalments of 10 per cent. on the sub scriptions of intervals Of six months will, it iK beliived, prove perfectly adequate. Three months may - probably elapse before these preparations can b e completed, after which time (smiled propose to address his et n y e l Highness the fluke of tiessex, requesting him to lay the fi rs t stone of the Ids Royal Highnees having been pleased to add his mutate to the list of Proprietors, at the sause ' g much interest in the success of the institutiot tisane e enn e rtl n g his intention or meowing one of the first (1006'4 to the library.. moved that, the report b e Mr. 811E141E1 2 adopted, and entered on the min utes of the Committee. —Carried unanimously. Mr. HENRY SAYS 1110% ql a resolution to the effect that. -. 1- the 250 supplemental shares mentioned in the report be , reorgainzed. that motion carried, he BROLIGIIAM—Iiefore ardin tl explanation rtg F lose wished to say a few words in _ which 1 - aces n There were many Ell e " supp em nta. s.iarcs. _ oda . c.rettinti , I n et, d , not been paid upon, solely from accul }. c ult a u7e ifficul I • they in some and the Council found themselves coals hot proceed before 1 , 500 were p aid upon, o ut of the (I. 3,000, of" which the capital of 300 , 000/ . was forme t vet There was one individual who held 127 sh ares, no - paid, but he (Mr. Brougha n) • was sure that the de- post gentle mian's. name would be a sufficient guarantee for 'ts—he alluded to Mr. J. M. Denison.., In order, . therefore, to complete the 1,400, these 9, 0 supple -mental shares had been created, and which would an swsr to 0, capital of 150,000!, which sum be alcu- lated would be all that 'woe be 'wanted; at least, he should be deceived if such should not be the case. The council would have been infringing a fundamental principle if they had entier , ed Into arrangements for the Jroseention of the work until 1,500 had been paid ott. They were, therefore, at a stand still, ,when two lt proprietors (he should be excused for s mendeeng their names) J. ginith\ Esq. and J. L. goltehrnidt, Esq., hiVing !)YL't'Ll of the eircumstaucts'agrecati take the,iisit Vf 50 supplementary shares each, and too 'Muth Praise could not be given to these gentlemen Tor /le liberal manner in 'Winch they had acted. Many Other gentlemen also were applied to, and acceded to the propotitidiv, *tltti'S 190 out of 200 shares had been taken in that way. The Council, there fbre, haVe to 'relhest that the proprietors would use their influence, if possible, to g e t tin the remaining t e l terep..- - • When the report had 'aeon made publY 4 tis 4 !.t was known that the Importarei s eq of 'Aiging and laying the 'foundation hid betiViiar4 ished in three or four months,' and that ITtlt+ittq month the walls would be seen rising, he &WWI not that the facilities would be afforded to the V4kltitAl,by the payment of deposits not yet received, to I pay off the supplementary shares which had been issued...-. (Cheers . _.) The Noble CHAIRMAN then put the motion, which Was carried unanimously. Mr. HUME said, that itrahgernents had heen entered into with the contractors, in order that the ex pence of the budding might not exceed the estimate. lie knew it was a general complaint that the original estimates Made for public buildings almost always were found incorrect ; but nt the'present inst a nce that could not be the case, and this fact ought to generally lin'owm—(clear.) A Shareholder wished to know in what manner the ad mittance 'of *Wars was to be effected. Wohld those who first signed the deed of settlement lrsve A priority ? Mr. linouuttAm rimagined that td be the, case. TheCiimitstASl AM, the election would be made in the moat eql . rhbte %antler. MI , . !CAMPBELL (the. poet) had to congratulate thepro flrietors on, the aspect of their . alThirs. When ,tie Ost.en= gaged in this laudable ,institetiMr, MUS't C'enfess he had ad many sleeplessmights,, fearing that they should not be able to obtaih A cleiMtlite Obi for the building; money, in all case % Was 'Considered to be omnipotent, but he doubted tifileh 'whether, with 300,000/. in their hands, they would have been able to procure so large a quantity of land as eight acres. This, however, had been obtained. Mr. ilitovonAm remarked, that those who did not could net vote. A short discussinn then Vote 'on tilt probability of t here not being SUfireka Minh for all the scholars which 'night bet by the shareholders. Mr. tinoucatast should be very much deceived if there would not be ample accommodation. Ile could not help observing on the small amount of the solicitor's bill; Mr: Tooke had rendered many services to the council, and de served much praise. Colonel JONES moved that the Report be printed and eireulatedisitiong the thareholders.—Carried. Mr. Ettotthast said, that a most important duty now &Vatted on the Council—that of choosing fit and pro per professors in the various branches of science ; that duty would occupy some time, and it would be dearly paying for a few months, if a bad selection should be the result of a hurried examination, lie thought, however, that in 18 months the UniVetsity would be opened for the admission of ttndents. Thanks Were then voted to Lord Auckland and the Council for their exertions. After a few words from Mr. J. Smith, M.P., on the -im portance of the University, the meeting adjourned. ST. ANDREWS. INSTALLATION OF THE CHANCELLOR. (From the Fife Herald, of Oct. 20.) The Hight Hon. Lord Melville, Chencellor of the U. versify, arrived here yesterday . afternoon. This day, the Rev. Dr. t net, the Rector, steemispenied by the Professors, and the Noblemen and Gentlemen as sembled, escorted the Chancellor from the house of -Prin cipal Nicol, to the Library. Having entered the great hall abOve stairs, the Rector proceeded to the pulpit, and commenced the proceedings by prayer : he then descended, and addressed the Chancdlor to the following purpose My Loan—l have now the honour and satisfaction to wel come your Lordship to this ancient seminary, as Chancellor and Conservator of its privileges, and to request that you will take the chair and preside in the present meeting. From the period of its establishment to that in which your Lordship commenced your con nexion with it, about five centuries have intervened. The office of Chancellor was instituted by the founders of the University, whe made provision that his successors should ex-officio hold that office. This arrangement continued till the Revolution, when Episcopacy was abolished, and the Universities were deprived of their official guardians, and left at liberty to choose for them selves their Chancellors and Conservators of their privileges.— This University first node choice of the Duke of Athol to fill this office. The individual next elected was the Duke of Chandos, who bad previously been their benefactor, by instituting a Profes sorship of Anatomy. After him, they elected his Royal High ness the Duke of Cumberland, then actively employed as Com mander-in-Chief, in crushing the rebellion. To him succeeded the Earl of Kinuoul, who, having more leisure than his prede cessors, .was enabled to devote snore time to the duties of his office, and was in the habit of attending the annual public exami nations of the classes, and inspecting the progress of the students, and bestowing rewards on those wbo made eminent proficiency in the prosecution of their studies. The Senatus Academicus next made choice of a distinguished commoner, elevated to the peerage by his Sovereign for his loug, faithful, and most important ser • vices to the State. I allude to the father of the noble 'personage I have now the honour of addressing. Be held the office for 28 years, and some of my colleagues are far better able than lam to detail minutely the intetest which he exhibited in the welfare of this institution, and the readiness with which, on all occasions, amidst the public business which required Ms attention, he listened to their applications respecting its affaire. After his decease, the office was filled for a short time by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, until the success of our military operations on the Con tinent rendered it expedient that he should assume the government of his Majesty's Continental dominions. The Senatus then fixed on your Lordship to fill the office vacant by his departure front this country, and I have only to add, that the same 'accessibility to its Chancellor has hitherto marked the intercourse of the University with your Lordship as is other instances, and that we have had every reason to congratulate ourselves on our selection. The CHANCELLOR, after acknowledging the pleasure de rived from meeting the Professors, concluded thus : " His Majesty hes beau pleased to issue his 'Royal Commission for visiting the Universities of Scotland, and inquiring into their condition ; and he has been pleased to include my name in the number. I feel that I should be wanting in my duty to my col leagues if I were to offer, without consultation with them, and without the fullest consideration, any opinion on the subject of those, inquiries. But, whatever opinions on other mutters they have been led to form, there can be no question on this, that res pectable and adequate accommodation is indispensable both for the instructors and instructed ; and I must say, that from what I have this day seen, I am bound to admit, that here that accommodation is not what it ought to be. And I trust and hope, that at an early period, and without waiting the result of the Commission, I shall have an opportunity of tendering my advice to his Majesty, i,to_ procure to you accommodation more suitable to the im p ortant objects which engage your attention." The Rucrrou then begged permission, in the name of the Academicus, to request that his Lordship would accent a splendidly bound copy of the Catalogue of the BoOks i n their Library, which they have so late l y p re p ared and published, for which his Lordship expressed his ac knowledgments. The same compliment was then paid to Sir Henry Jardine and the Rev. Dr. Lee; and when they had severally thanked the Senatus, the meeting broke up. THE DINNER. At six ,'clock the company, of about 129, sat down to an ele ga!'t 'limier, presided ovelthe Rector and the Solaria Acade" emen p afie "'. Among the entl resent were Lord Melville, the E2illAfter the, health of the' N l% P , Hon. rl e s , 'L IC H : 1 1 1 1 1 ;c" E. 4 1 1 11 , 1 . t i, tr , islyn. the Lord Advocate, , Lord Pit- IL Lindsay, of lia j lear i re l s c ! aptain Wemyse, 87 * would all drink with feelings and said, that Lie now about drank, the Rector rose, ofw a to rm p r a o p p p o r s o e ba a tio t i o l. ast r ieds they had reason to be filled with combined feelings of me lancholy anti congratulation, of melancho:y for the Idol of those to wlose aertium they '4 4 been indebted, and of congratulation, AWthbiucohhtlitwey. . , •• when they were able to procure a successor who could extend to them the same protection and care, and when a number of yeere ago the Sehatus Academical made chose of, the, Noble Lord, now their Chancellor, the latter feeling could not fail to kedomiliate; They remembered with gratitude the mistsroes favours bestowed ifpon thep by his Lacl'ship's illustrious father, and the kindness Ise ii-td nimself shown towards them. They were well assured, that if he could have found time, he would have., visited them sooner ; but the, cares anti empleyinents othish and most inspoi;taiii situations, had hitherto. prev,entsd ilarill trent 'ucitig honoured by p , , nFesertee. ri! . ..?+Athg item. His colleagues and he bad already t0 :144 :1 4 4 petilicly expressed their satisfaction at the honour his Lordship bad done them, and he. proposed now that, in conjunction with their guests, they should renew their welcome to his Lordships, as an expression of their , earliest attdmnited watt, and their wish that he might ItAg . ettAlittile'W fie ..litir tha'i - ce. 6:: s ite Che.‘.icellor trieny returned tanks, s'he :Ctratiexet.ort then proposed the health of " the Rector and Senatus Academicus of the University." The REcroa returned thanks, and concluded by calling on the 1 company to drink to the alumni of their University, selecting as the representative of them the Earl of Elgin, who was too well known to the world to requite to be introduced to thent by any encomian of hiss Lord tr.orti addressed the Rector at considerable length : tits Lerdship.said, the lava' . Cepferred on the Meeting by your Hon. Chancellor is enhanced tenfold, by the circumstances under which it has been bestowed: His Lordship's public , duties were most important and burdensome, and he had also a share in the duties Of the Royal 'Cointnission ; and it is from no failure in his . wish le F ive ro this country all the advatitages Which its system of Mu cation can hesiokir, that he had not hitherto visited a. It was One h'tndretl years since this University had been visited by a Royal Commission, and it wai not to he supposed, that in that time things should not have occurred teqUiting ripait or aniend meat, or that such a Seminary ought to rethaiti stationary: What the Noble Lord had said, might convince the company, that the University would advande under his auspices. it had to complain of long *led, but it could now say, Nil desperandum illo duce. Alluding to the family afflictions his , Lordship had experienced, and considering the circumstances of his Lordship's health, they owed a debt of kindness to Lady %Mlle, tor her readiness in lay irt aside It& OWn atliiidies, and coatributing id hil Lotsisiiip's pfe tence '.l.strooig than, lie proposed, therefore; that they should drink tO the health of Lady Melville, and a speedy return of her son to her in health. • Lord 111ELvILLE again returned thanks. When "The Navy of Great Britain" was given, Lord Mar slime observed, this toast related to a matter of a very different description from those they had been discussing, and lie was proud to find his name in any way coupled with the successes of our navy, or the means of them. It is true that the prevalence of peace tendered it tifinecessary to he employed for our security, and he wished that it might long continue so ; but at the same time, it was not the less necessary that this most powerful arm of ours should be kept in a condition of readiness and force, fit to sustain the naval glory and influence of our country, which he hoped would endure as long as its own eXistence. Toast by the Rector—" His Majesty's Ministers, - and may they long continue to adopt those measures by which the prosperity of the country may be most effectually promoted." • Lord MELVILLE retailed thanks, and gave " The speedy reno vation of the Buildings of this University." The following toasts were then given : " The Lieutenancy of Fife and the Earl of Roselyn." " The Professors of the University." " The Provost and Magistrates of the City." " The Hon. thigh Lindsay, 111. P. fur the Burgh." " Captain Wemyss." " The Principals of the Colleges of the University—the Rev. Drs. Haldane and Nicol." " The Lord Advocate of Scotland." " Sir Henry Jardine." " The Court of Session and Lord Pitmilly." " Dr. Chalmers." . Dr. CnALstrits said, the subject referred to (the Poor Laws: was almost worn out of his remembrance. His whole bent and time had been so much engaged in the freshness, and intereit, and ardour, of the new pursuits he had been introduced to, that his every feeling had been drawn away front them, and these other interests had, in a certain measure, taken their plias among things gone by. Ido not now (said he) intrude my self on your notice as any other than Dean of Faculty. My do main in that capacity is somewhat limited, Since we want *here a school of Medicine and a school of Law, and we are even in want of one or two endowments to complete our equipments as a school of Literature and Philosophy. To this last it is my wish we should be limited i and t would desire -im estatnielionant for either Me dical or Legal instruction, but that, in any intended amelioration, there should be ke , ' ,t inviolate this distinctive character among our seminaries -- that here is to be had just all the science and scholarship that can liberalize and dignify a gentleman's educa tion. It would hold us out in a more attractive light to our higher families, that here such could be acquired, in comparative retirement, and apart from the distractions of a city's juvenile society. In others, the academic tone and character is overborne in their admixture with the bustle and activity of the large town society, and the pupils are dispersed into their widely separated dwellings, whereas, here they form their close and unbroken knots of uom p an iseship ; —We have more to see than just their brother hood in affection, there is an element of prodigious force in the action and reaction of their associated intellect. Each one knows each other, and their whole task daily and hourly is of literature. Literature is their world ? -. their whole imaginings are coloured by it ; and they breathe throughout all their companionships a more intense literary atmosphere. And among its most valuable results, is that feeling of clanship—that esprit du corps, which gives each a disposition more thoroughly impregnated with the whole temper and disposition of literary effort. Though at the batarn of the scale as to numbers, St. Andrews has ever stood eminent in her propor tion of those who signalise themselves. Nut long ago, seven of her sons were at once Profesiors in the University of Edinburgh ; and when we enumerate her Ritchies, her Duneans, her Leslies, , her Playfairs, we give her—whether we reckon them by weight or tale—a respectable rank as a manufactory of literary and philoso phic men ; and when like to be crushed into shreds by younger competitors, I trust that we shall have the privilege of saying something for ourselves. We would show that we cannot only . count and appeal to the past ; yet we can indulge a natural com placency, and look erect at the mention of those who have dig nified and illuminated the ages gone by. We have Knox, Mel ville, Buchanuan, in Theology ; and Rutherford, quaint though he be, yet filled with deep and pathetic thought. We have James Gregory, in science, the inventor of the reflecting te lescope, and the friend, of Newton. And those, the splendours of our ancient glory, still gleam upon us through the mist of ages. Our share of Scottish literature we claim from the olden time. Our localities are hallowed and canonized by the glories and martyrdoms of our glorious reformation,— I would humbly suggest to you, (continued the Doctor), a toast which comes associated with the occasion we have been celebrating. There is a saying of a celebrated Statesman, distinguished alike for literature and politics, who was admired as an orator wheu alive, and revered as a sage when dead, and of whom it was said, that the splendour of his genius detracted from the impression of his wisdom. Edmund Burke called Education the cheap defence of nations, and most truly may it be termed so, Why, half the annual expense of a single frigate would be sufficient to uphold, as they are, all the Universities of Scotland. Thus the memorable fountain head of a nation's power may be kept in easy play for an expense scarcely worth consideration in a nation's finance. The materiel of a nation's force may be expensive—the morale is not. I propose—. " prosperousAowt teno'clock to the labour. of the Royal Commission." Ab dock, the Chancellor retired, accompanied by Lord Elgin, Captain \% r emyss, &c. and very soon after the Rector left the chair, and the company dispersed. The furniture and fixtures, including the marble chinmey-pieces, valuable stoves, cornices, &c., have been entirely removed from all the rooms in the King's Palate, Pall-Mall, except those of the library and the King's wardrobe. Th e y have been principally re moved to the King's Riding House, which had been for some months under pre p aration for that purpose, fire-places being put up for tires to be made to tho roughly air the building, to prevent the furniture being injured by the damp, &c. The remainder has been removed to the King's Palace, St. James's. It is said that the whole of the furniture, fixtures, &c. are to be reolove, d . to t h e new Palace, now b u ildi ng in St. s-park, f ur th e f uture London resid ence o f hi s Majesty, wh en th at b u ildi ng i s in a s t a t e su ffi c i ent l y forward to re ce i ve t h em . It is also un d erstoo d t h a t the doors of the st ate• rooms , as well a s var i ous o ther parts of the interior of the King's Palace, in Pall 'AWL, are to be removed to the intended new Palace, when the appropriat e Fa rts are prepared for their re ception : Nash, the architect, h av i ng t a k e n the dimensions, &e, FOREIGN INtELLIGtNet. (From the EtoiM.) ObEssA, OcT. 9.—We have every reason to believe that the Turkish Commissioners at Akermann transtnitted on the 6th the answer to:the propositions which had been made to them , month of Aug*: It Was sent off kimmediately to the EniperOr; The ktibStanee Of it is not kina, hut it is thought to he faNiourable, as there has been no new movement among the troops. According to the last accounts from Constantinople, M. de Minziacky had received from the Reis Effendi only eva siye, answers; and that in coniequence he was making pre: liarit,idlis for quitting tlte capital: It,is thought; bovreier,, that he must have received a copy of the answer sent to Akermann. BARCELONA, OCT. 16._A-singular event, of which as yet we have no certain accounts, forms the only subject of conversation here. The following is the substance of whatlve have heard At one in the Morning the Captain-General quitted his palace, accompanied only by a - Corporal, and proceeded directly to the house of the Lieutenant-General, De Eel iet, where lie retrained till day-break. Sentinels were .placed at all the avenues of the palest, ittid four companies received orders to be under arms. Tke following is as« signed as the reason for these precau s :—lt is confi &tidy stated that M. Campo Sagrada received intimation the evening previous that an attempt Was to be made OIL his life, and on that of the venerable Archbishop and the Intendant-General of Police, and that the assailants were to proceed immediately after accomplishing ,their purpose to the Treasury. . this iiioiniria Ms Rodriguez assured M. Campo Sagrado of the falsehood of the plot. This news, which was not much reeciVed; has howe ver a little quieted the minds, on account of the attachment and respect people hear towards the Captain-General. It is asked in effect what men' are so ill-natured as to make a cri minal attack on the benefactor of this principality ? and again it is,asked, what could be the project of the wretches who would meditate an attack on this place of which we occupy all the strong holds, both Mountjouiek and the ci tadel, and where there is a garrison of 5,000 men, com manded by an experienced Chief ? This morning it was pretended that the Junta assembled under the Presidency of M. the Count de Villemur. It is also said, that the house which was pointed out as concealing the powder and arms has been tried, so that searching produced no result. In transmitting to you these details, I do not guarantee that the event and the measures taken in regard to the Captain General do not add much credit to that which concerns the Archbishop and the Intendant of Police. 17th.—All is tranquil, although orders were yesterday evening given for arresting all persons found in the streets after midnight. The labours of inspecting the infantry of this division arc entirely terminated some days. 18th.—M. the French. Lieutenant-General, accompanied by all the corps of officers of the division, has made a visit to M. Campo Sagrado, on occasion of the anniversary of the King's birth-day. (From the Conatigutionnel.) CONSTANTINOELE, SEPT. 30.—Every thing that passes here iv so extraordinary, that each day presents either a political antithesis, or some fact opposed to the usages of the East. At every moment almost there is something new. Here is a Mufti writing songs, in place of issuing fetfas, or solving cases of conscience, and Dervises are regularly drilled in the use of the musket. The' most singular occurrence, however, is, the sudden arrival at the Court of the Sultan of a Persian Ambassador—the same who had successively visited London, Paris, and St. Petersburgh—the political Proteus Daoud-Mirza, an Ar menian renegade, become a Mahometan of the sect Ali, and Minister Plenipotentiary of Feth, or Fethuchi Ali- Khan, received as a brother, by his compa triot, Kadizade Taltir-Effendi Cazi-.Asker of Anatolie, an Armenian by birth, and now a Mufti. The two renegades are insepa rable. Daoud-Mirza has already had an audience of the Grand Vizier, to whom be has announced the Declaration of War, made by the Seltab,bis august and invincible Mas ter. Since this, the new Ambassador, who speaks the English, French, and Russian languages, and being quite Master of European customs, publishes bulletins, in which he attributes such success to the Persians, that if they were to be believed, one would suppose them already at the gates' of Tiflis ; on the other hand, M. de Alinziacky , will not fail to reply in similar bulletins, so that this winter we shall have a sort of political comedy, which will furnish matter of, conversation at our fire-sides. The Franks are divided in opinion ; some are for the Russians, but the majority for the Persians. With regard to the , Turks, who are now great adepts in the doctrine of: toleration, they believe, and will believe, as articles of faith, all these stories of sucess announced by Daoud-Mirza, even though the Russians had burnt Teheran. (From the. Journal des Debuts.) Moscow, OCT. 2.—The- Envoys Extraordinary of France, England, and Sardinia, had their audience of couge on the 29th tilt., in the morning. In the evening the Emperor and Empress Alexandra honoured the ball given by the the Countess d'Orlow Tsckesmenskoi with their presence. The Emperor set out on the Ist of this month for Tonle, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Charles of Russia. FASHIONS FOR NOVEMBEII. cypriotmEsta—BAelle pelisse of WALKING Gros de N pies of a pomegranate-red. A full wadded rouleau finishes the skirt next the feet ; over this rouleau, at a suitable distance, and down each side of the front, ,is a trimming, en volan, pinked at the e, ed g a nd set on in a serpentine wave ; the trimming headed by a nar row rouleau. The pelisse fastens close down the front with full rosettes of gros de Naples. The body is made plain, with a narrow pelerine-cape, partially scalloped, and trimmed at the edge in a correspon dent manner to the sides in front of the skirt. The sleeves are en gigot, but not very full. A, falling col lar of fine India muslin, trimmed with Urling's lace, encircles the throat, and is fastened in front with a rosette of broad , pink ribbon. With any other 'red, this would be incongruous, but one great quality in the beautiful and becoming pomegranate red is, that it is suited to every colour. The bonnet worn with this pelisse is correspondent to it, and is finished by a narrow rilche, at the edge of the brims the trim ming on the crown is of the same material, and is put on in arcades, which are edged with a. -narrow ruche, of a shade lighter. The strings are in a loop of rib bon, variegated with pomegranate -red and green diec quers on a white ground. MORNING COSTUME . A r ound ,dress of white cambric, with three broad -- rows of embroidery at the -border, at equal distances. The sleeves fit almost close to the arm, and are surmounted by mancherons of the Persian fashion ; they arc confined at the wrist bracelet, clasped with a red corneli with a gold art, with long Afehulelerine d m u slin, ends, is worn the ends are confined by a belt of rich with this dress ; white watered r ibbon, fastened in fatal with a square silver buckle the pelcrine is elegy finished by lace and em broidery, and it buttons down the front with a row of small buttons of fine cotton, beautifully wrought. A. narrow collar turns over from the throat, and is trimmed round with lace ; this is fastened in front with a bow of variegated ribbon. The hair is simply and neatly arranged under a cornette a la Marie Stuart, farmed of thread tulle and fine Mech lin lace. The crown is surmounted by puffings of broad, coloured ribbon, and a full blown rose lies on t h e h a i r , over the left temple. PRICES OF STOCKS TIIII Ban ßed • •.• ... E. 201, 4 1 i 9 pe r Cent. AQliili 3 per Cent, Cons . 6IIM .8 1 1 a 3? per Cent. MI MD Red. pet Centli ?ew .9734 PAO, 1926 ”. - Bank Long Aim. ' lO% 3,16 India Stock 14534 Ditto Bonds 4O 42 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN Fl Austrian Bonds, 5 pei cent. blip- Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds. Chiliau Bonds, 6 per ct.... 37% Colombian Bonds ' "1.. 393 k 9 4 elo i Thrtilsh, 9 pet tent. • • ••• 56%x Greek Bonds .a la' • •• ' , — Ditto, 18.16 1314% Guatamala Mexican Bonds 53 % Do. IB'is 631 4 4 Mil% DAY AT ONE,O'CLOCK. South Sea Stook Old Annuities SOS New Ditto — Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d. 24 &Spin. Ditto WO 2d 21 25 pm. Ditto Small 'Ditto Commercial — Bank for Opening -- I tidia for Acr.nunt AVIS Cons. tbr Account ... ..; 1 ..81N % X. N NDS AT ONE 0 CLOCkS Neapolitan, 1821 — Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds Prussian, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Russian, New, 5 p. c. . Spanish, 18.21 )s:a 7Vi% French ...... Exch te ange p ...4.... . 4 —4... c. per cent -4 ca ----.Exchange —l. —e. PRICES 'OF SHARES AT ONE O CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mexican Mining Comp any £7o 27Y, Brazilian Mining Company 2O :17 3,i 15 IP Coloradan Minin Company ' 124 United Mexican Mining Company 25 ______--,-------_-- PRICE OF IRISH STOCKS, OCT. 28. Rank Stock -- St. Patrick Insur. (par share)..' Gov. Stock, V, per cent.... 96% 3 4 Royal Irish Ditto ... .............. 21 Entt, Neve ... SO% National Ditto 4 per Cent. 95% Patriotic Ditto .................... .. a Gov. Deb. 314 per cent .... B2N, Hibernian Bank ................... Consols, 3 per cent -- Provi ncial Ditto ..... - ............ Royal Canal Stock --, Royal Irish Mine ............ .- ..... Grand Canal Stock -- Imperial Mine ...................... -7 City Deb. 4 per cent. -- Mining Co. of Ireland ............ Hs Ballast Office Deb. 4 per cent -- ~ Commercial BuildinP .......... - HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning 5l minute* after 2. I Evening Übit un. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING; OCTOBER 3 1 1 1826' The French Papers of Saturday and the Etude of Sunday morning reached us last night. The Etoile, which a few days ago announad in so confident a tone the acceptance of the Rtissian tnatunt, makes no reply to an article in the Journal des Debats, commenting on the si lence preserved by the Austrian Observer on this subject, but inserts article from Odessa, dated the 9th October, which is calculated to excite fresh doubts as to the nature the answer of the Turkish Commissioners at Aker mann ; and it adds, that according to the last accounts from Constantinople, M. de MINZIA.CKY, having re ceived from the REIS EFFENDI only evasive answers, was preparing to quit the capital. From Moscow it is stated that the Envoys Extra• ordinary of England, France, and Sardinia, had their audience of leave on the morning of the 29th ult., and that on the following day the FOIPEROR set out for Toula, accompanied by Prince CHARLES °l' Prussia. The intelligence from Portugal, in these Parrs , not of a later date than our direct arrivals had put us in possession of. Under the head of Barc elona, in our extracts, "i ll be found an account of a plot to murder the Captii" General and, other authorities, but which proved to be the most horrible crimes which a hoax. 'The French Papers contain recitals of $ 0 " °I nature. We shall not follow the exam& °C the them ; our own country unfortulna:te rishiewsui: Chronicle and Herald, by polluting our Page s .' from - , th e ficient matter of this description—which' notoriety of the facts, is sometimes unavoidably given: but we consider the practice of publishing in our Journals the atrocious crimes which so frequen tl i . . the columns of the minor French Papers dane r / of the severed condemnation• It can a nswer n°P purpose, while it must shock and disgust eel pin sod" possessing a spark of modesty or feeling• -To P et to the d e praved taste of the vicious should form vio P of the system of an English Newspaper• ..,.....,Ihr ee FR"cm FUNDS.—Five per Cents. closed at 99 f. °- s; , p ie , p.r Cents. 681. 70c.--Bank Actions, 2040f.....-ftentes de diyiSgfUrar: a ired German Papers to the 25th instant were rc , G 1 ,ast night ; they contain further accounts of ac ts ° art i c le fr ow piracies committed by Greek vessels. Aare Odessa quoted by the Etoile, to which we alluded in our preceding article, appears to have bee' 'rile from these papers. We fear n o doubts call b e enter. tained of the fall of the Acropolis o f Atheog• We subjoin a few extracts : ‘l ,, eon; TRIESTE, OCT. 14.—The . Observator of irt—i'dth 0 w o w; the extract of a letter from Legh°r" 8; the October, to the following effec t : ~,Se en briewttilli "On the 4th, in the - evening the 1 A ( v : de David, Cept. Emanuel Airoldi,-'' arri v ed here in .. 3,--11 ell from Beirout, in Syria. On the sth SePt esuber it le attacked between Candia and the coast of The o bbse fresh brig of eight guns and fifty men. 'Cu ° ';'011 0 ) Too n brig l osin d threatened to murder the crew of the did A not show them where the money was tO be ,, Nope l di t first ßu mania, they seemed disposed to carry the brig int o l 'ed it aft r b rnania, but changed their mind and alran: r ' eo , al the e t ey had seized on the greater pot of th e .It A lidlli crew m i rey on board, and the effects (A . the Captain . Letters from ' Syra, of the 12th o f Septem ber I" v e r fi e l s i ; and rrobberies of the same kind committed il'').."odeil . Sard inian merchantmen near Candia and on "P in the Archipelago. • tha t I The Osservatore has article from Zea stst in g t dd English frigate had appeared al'ert off that isla nd °11 . 4.1 1 :1 t ) 1 in 100 men, to search for stolen English g 00.1,6 lob houses and' warehouses. Cominmiore 14sm il n bad t tween Zea and Andro a Greek outings:lx, W i ''', ,bn , board the notorious Vesso Braicovich, who h a d " As ; leave of absence for thirty days , to= isit h is f 7 oro il papers of the v essel were not in gular order , g i'',,,,vo tained and taken to Zee, where Vow An d his nit r ot, landed, but the ship taken away by Conlnu' d°r° "6 ' who had burnt several Greek mastics b a htese, 11 . 415 : ,; t be t Letters from Zurich of the 4th Octor• 0 . 6 °70 h:wore Triestino, report that the AcrePl is ° surrendered to the S er askier. 10 01 VINNti A, OCT. 19.--Metaniques, 90i 'Adak 00, S h AP We have received late th is forenoon Dutch r of the 28th October, but have no time to ments. We subjoin extracts:--- of nott,lN, OCI`• r We hear by the latest accounts from Russia that t ie tivities at Moscow, on occa sion a t he coronation, ba vv urinated in the moat desirable •manner. heir to The young Grand Duke, the Throne,*ll7v44